EU gender equality reaches new milestone: is progress accelerating? | European Institute for Gender Equality

EU gender equality reaches new milestone: is progress accelerating? | European Institute for Gender Equality

Ten years ago, EIGE introduced the Gender Equality Index as a marker for the status quo of gender equality in the EU. Each edition came with more or less the same conclusion: progress is at a snail’s pace. However, in this year’s edition we see the biggest annual jump in the overall score in the history of the Index ever: the EU is at 70.2 points out of 100! (...)